There’s a new simple Samsung messaging phone available today at MetroPCS stores. The Samsung Freeform II (Samsung SCH-r360) is a candy bar phone whose QWERTY keyboard sits below a 2.2-inch QVGA display. Unlike its ruby red predecessor, the original Samsung Freeform, this sequel comes in black. Texting and photo messaging are on board. You’ll also …
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The iPhone 4 is far more prone to accidents than its predecessor — the iPhone 3GS — due to its glass front and back, according to research from a US warranty provider. iPhone 4 owners reported 82 per cent more damaged screens in the first four months compared to iPhone 3GS owners, according to San Francisco-based company SquareTrade. Owners of …
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T-Mobile and HTC are set to begin releasing a much-anticipated Android 2.2 update to their MyTouch 3G handset. According to information obtained by TmoNews, the carrier will start pushing Froyo out as early as today and continue through October 25. You may recall T-Mobile’s CTO, Cole Brodman, pledging to leave no phone behind as it pertains to its MyTouch series …
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The UK mobile networks have been quick to pick sides with the new Windows Phone 7 handsets, with Orange bagging three phones and O2 nabbing an exclusive on the HTC HD7. O2 will offer the HD7 for free on a £40 per month, two-year tariff. The deal includes 900 minutes, unlimited texts and 750MB of data. You can also buy …
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Virgin Mobile has added some new phones to its £8.50-per-month range. That’s good news if you don’t want to spend a fortune on a phone contract and you don’t mind settling for a lower-spec handset. The newly added phones are the special-edition Nokia 5230 Chrome, the Nokia X2, the Samsung Monte in pink or black, and the Samsung Tocco. The Nokia 6700 Slide in silver or …
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Reports started trickling in early this week that T-Mobile was issuing an over-the-air software update to the Samsung Vibrant. Although it’s not a major release like Froyo, it will likely be met with great enthusiasm. What’s so great about the update? To put it simply, it fixes the GPS. Readers may recall that early Vibrant owners complained of various issues …
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Acer’s looking to get the Mobile World Congress 2010 party booming by supplying attendees with a Liquid e hit. It’s got three other smart phones running the Android operating system up its sleeve as well: a mysterious Ferrari handset, the beTouch E110 and the beTouch E400. Sharing the same name as a date-rape drug, rather alarmingly, the Liquid e is the successor to last year’s surprisingly good, but …
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Details are emerging of the LG Optimus 7, a Windows Phone 7 handset that will hit shops before the end of the year. The Optimus range is set to put the first smart phones with WinPhoSev — and a fancy new Nvidia Tegra 2 chip — into customer’s hands. Previously known as the E900, the Optimus 7 got its first outing at technology trade …
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LG has lifted the covers off its first Windows Phone 7 mobile, the LG Optimus 7, and then swiftly put the covers back on. The debut of the smart phone was announced on the official LG blog, which Recombu spotted, but the blog post was quickly taken down as it was ahead of this afternoon’s official Microsoft unveiling. We suspect …
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After RIM’s big PlayBook announcement two weeks ago, Google and Microsoft knocked out several Android and Windows Phone 7 devices of their own at CTIA and at Microsoft’s recent Windows Phone 7 event, drowning out RIM just a tad. But it looks like the company is ready to fight back, or at least that’s what this leaked Sprint ad from …
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Forget Android 2.2 — early next year may see the debut of the Droid T2, a new Motorola super phone running Android 3.0 Gingerbread on an Nvidia dual-core Tegra 2 processor. The unstoppable killer robot phone is secretly being worked on by development teams at Motorola (who clearly don’t realise they’re threatening the future of humankind), according to an article …
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The New Yorker An interesting story reported by The Huffington Post suggests Conde Nast iPad (and iPhone) apps have a critical flaw that can allows anyone inclined to change a preference file to download new issues of magazines for free. Conde Nast publishes iOS versions of its popular magazines including GQ, Vogue, Wired, and The New Yorker. The hack, which …
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Official press images of the LG Optimus 7 have leaked, five days before we expect to see it premiered as one of the Windows Phone 7 launch devices on 11 October. The pictures floated on to the Web thanks to German site BestBoyz.de. The images can be seen here — it’s slim, but hardly ground-breaking. We saw a video of …
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Orange will exclusively offer the HTC 7 Mozart, while Vodafone is the only one with its hands on the HTC 7 Trophy. Both are among the first Windows Phone 7 handsets and will be available from 21 October. The availability of the HTC 7 Mozart was already leaked by Orange, but exclusivity is something of a coup for the network. …
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Screenshot by Jasmine France In terms of music apps, Napster lagged behind the competition until its caching-capable mobile program hit the iTunes music store. Luckily, what finally did arrive is a pleasure to behold. Clearly a lot of effort went into designing the look and feel of the Napster for iOS app. The interface is quite simply one of the …
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